Who is the white moonlight these days? We are just following the plot

Of course it’s served cold, go wherever is cool.

"Li Heng, the dead cannot be resurrected. You feel guilty towards Xingyao. Will transferring this guilt to Ling'er make your conscience feel better?"

Li Heng's heart felt like it was stabbed by a sword.

He explained hastily: "No, sister-in-law, I have never thought of that."

"In that case, don't bother Ling'er from now on."

......

Li Heng gritted his teeth. Even though Wen Yuan had provoked him to this point, he still refused to give in: "I'm sorry, I can't agree to your request, my sister-in-law."

Wen Yuan and Ji Xingyao exchanged a quick glance, and Wen Yuan angrily rebuked, "Li Heng, you're a prince, yet you're entangled with a palace maid from the countryside. If this gets out, people will laugh their heads off. How come your vision is getting worse and worse? Su Jinyun comes from a medical family after all—"

When Su Jinyun was mentioned, Li Heng's expression suddenly changed. He wanted to look up at Ling'er, but he retracted his gaze halfway in embarrassment.

Finally, his gaze, which had nowhere to go, fell on Ling'er's embroidered shoes.

"Sister-in-law," Li Heng's voice was thick with lead. "I was wrong before. Terribly wrong. I was blind and treacherous, not a human being. Now, I just want to make amends."

Wen Yuan sneered: "Make amends? Three lives of the Ji family are in your hands, how can you make amends? Why not commit suicide and pay for your sin with your life."

Li Heng's shoulders trembled slightly. Wen Yuan's words were like the knife in the executioner's hand, sentencing him to the death penalty of slow slicing.

One knife, two knives, Wen Yuan's knife continued:

"Oh, no, if you die, I'm afraid you'll go to the underworld to harass Xingyao. Don't pollute her reincarnation path and make her restless even after death."

Wen Yuan's eyes were filled with hatred: "Just live well with regret and guilt!"

A surge of blood rushed to his throat, Li Heng's mouth was full of blood, his consciousness was vague, and he could hardly stand.

He covered his chest with one hand and supported the corner of the table with the other, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth: "The Queen's sister-in-law is right. I will spend my whole life in guilt and regret, and I will not be able to redeem myself for a single moment."

Li Heng slowly raised his head, his pupils trembling with complicated emotions, and used up his last bit of strength to look into the eyes in his dream.

"Ling'er," his eyes were red, and in the blink of an eye, a line of tears rolled down the corner of his eyes. The tears continued to flow, gathering at his chin and dripping onto the blue bricks, leaving a wet stain.

His lips trembled and he couldn't utter a complete syllable: "You... are not... Xingyao, not... Xingyao..."

He repeated a few words, constantly reminding himself through words that the person in front of him was not the same person he had been thinking about for a long time.

The pain was heart-wrenching, but Li Heng knew that the suffering he and Ji Xingyao had endured was as drastically different as it was a millimeter.

"Cough cough..."

Li Heng arched his back, covered his mouth, veins bulged on the back of his hands, and blood oozed between his fingers.

He was afraid that his appearance at the moment would scare Wen Yuan, who was pregnant, so he turned around and left quickly in embarrassment.

Before he even walked out of Yonghe Palace, a cavity full of blood gushed out uncontrollably, splashing on the red palace walls and staining the floor tiles red.

"Your Highness!" The palace maids near the palace gate turned pale with fright when they saw this.

Just when she was at a loss, Li Heng, with his back to him, waved at her, signaling her not to say anything.

The palace maid stared with wide eyes as she watched Prince Ruiping wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, hold onto the palace wall, and slowly leave Yonghe Palace step by step.

Inside the room, Ji Xingyao was staring blankly at a drop of blood on the corner of the table.

"Xingyao?" Wen Yuan called her softly.

Could it be that she feels sorry for Li Heng?

Wen Yuan was about to ask when Ji Xingyao suddenly hugged her and rubbed her neck like a kitten.

"Ayuan, thank you for what you said just now. Those are exactly what I wanted to say. Now that I'm wearing Ling'er's identity, there are some things I don't have the right to say. Fortunately, I have you, my good friend. You are my strongest mouth."

Only his closest relatives understand Ji Xingyao's pain and regret.

No one in this world understands her better than Wen Yuan.

Fortunately, Ji Xingyao survived a near-death experience and grew up.

The price of growing up is high, and Li Heng played an indispensable role in making her love-brain so clear-headed.

"I don't love him anymore. Do you know how I feel when I look at Li Heng now? I treat him as an NPC, and I'm just a player experiencing the game. I play the role of Ling'er, a humble palace maid, just following the role script, not because I have a special filter for him."

Ji Xingyao sincerely opened up his heart, and every word he said was to reassure Wen Yuan.

Wen Yuan praised him generously, "You did a great job, really great. It would be a shame if you didn't become an actor."

"Hmm...ah? You're teasing me again!"

The two of them joked for a while, and Wen Yuan suppressed his smile and said seriously, "Xingyao, if, I mean if, I can't go with you, don't be sad."

When Ji Xingyao heard this, his expression changed: "What nonsense are you talking about, Ayuan, I will definitely take you away this time."

"It's okay. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Do your best and leave the rest to fate."

Ji Xingyao shook his head: "Xunzi said: Man can conquer nature. I want to take you away."

The four looked at each other, neither willing to give in. Finally, Wen Yuan reluctantly said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

*

In recent days, Nanny Li has been visiting Eunuch Zhou more often.

"Eunuch, our queen hasn't been able to eat for a few days. She can't even finish half a bowl of the chicken porridge made by the chef at Bu Er Porridge Shop. From what I've seen, the queen has lost a lot of weight."

Eunuch Zhou frowned slightly and looked up at the emperor sitting high in the palace.

At this moment, under the hall, the ministers were arguing.

The affairs of the court were extremely complicated, and the affairs of southern Xinjiang took up a lot of the emperor's energy, so he indeed neglected the imperial concubine.

The emperor would occasionally go to Yonghe Palace for a meal, but that was always when he squeezed out time. How could he have the time to accompany the imperial concubine to visit the garden every day?

"Your Majesty, do you want to go to the Imperial Garden?" asked Eunuch Zhou.

Nanny Li nodded and said, "Pregnant women are sensitive and fragile. If they can't get what they want, this syndrome will occur."

Eunuch Zhou had also heard the imperial physician say this.

"Eunuch Zhou, the queen is about to give birth. If she continues to lose weight like this, it will have a great impact on the fetus in her belly."

Nanny Li mumbled for a long time before asking awkwardly, "Your Majesty, could you please lift the Empress's ban?"

Eunuch Zhou sighed almost inaudibly, "Let's find an opportunity to bring this up with the Emperor."

"Oh, okay, then I'll have to trouble Eunuch Zhou."

After receiving the approval from Eunuch Zhou, Nanny Li happily returned to Yonghe Palace.

Ji Xingyao had been waiting for her at the gate of Yonghe Palace. When she saw Li Ma's figure from afar, she immediately went to meet her.

"Madame Li, have you seen Eunuch Zhou?"

"See you."

"How is it?" Ji Xingyao asked anxiously.

"I think there's a chance. Eunuch Zhou has been following the Emperor for many years and can accurately grasp His Majesty's intentions. Since he has agreed, I'm sure this will work out."

That’s great, Ji Xingyao curled the corners of his mouth.

"Thank you for your hard work, Madam. I secretly kept a bowl of the donkey-hide gelatin sent by the imperial kitchen today as a gift to our hard-working Madam Li."

Nanny Li tapped Ji Xingyao's eyebrows and said, "You are such a smart person."

"Hehe~"

On the second day, Eunuch Zhou came to Yonghe Palace with the decree to lift the ban.